McConnell to Senate: Mob that attacked Capitol was fed lies and provoked by Trump
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 15: UU.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks at a news conference with other Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on December 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tom Brenner-Pool/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is explicitly pointing his finger at President Donald Trump for helping to spur the attack on the Capitol by the outgoing president s supporters.
The Kentucky Republican said Tuesday on the Senate floor, The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people.
McConnell, once Trump’s most powerful ally on Capitol Hill, lobbed the harsh rebuke as he reconvened the Senate for the first time since Congress certified Joe Biden’s election in the chaotic aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack.